Tag: sensory cells

The mammalian nose is a work of evolutionary art. Its countless afferent neuron, each customized with simply among countless particular odor-chemical receptors encoded in the genome, can jointly differentiate a trillion unique aromas. Those experiences, in turn, notify lots of habits, from examining food alternatives to critical good friends from enemies to stimulating memories. Today, in the journal Naturea research study group led by researchers at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute explains a formerly undiscovered system in mice-- starring the hereditary particle RNA-- that might discuss how each sensory cell, or nerve cell, in mammalian noses ends up being customized to discover a particular smell chemical. There are sensory nerve cells in our noses that bear receptors distinctively tuned ...